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Chapter IV on HPLC is so long (180 pp.) that it is divided into seven subsections, each written by different authors. Following an excellent discussion on the fundamentals of HPLC and a brief sub-section on sample handling and preparation for LC and electrochemical assay, there are two sub-sections dealing with the electrochemical detection (EC) of catecholamines and related compounds. The second of these focuses on dual-electrode EC applied to micro-HPLC. Another sub-section is concerned with the assay of enzymes of catecholamine metabolism, using either EC or fluorescence for the determinative step. The last two sub-sections deal with fluorescence detection applied to reverse-phase LC and automated HPLC, respectively. Chapter V deals with radioenzymatic assay of catecholamines, VI with immunoassay, including RIA, of catecholamines, and VII with the RIA of Chromogranin A, the major soluble protein co-stored and co-released with catecholamines from their sympathoadrenal storage vesicles. The final three chapters discuss immunofluorescence assays applied to histochemistry, fluorescence determination of catecholamines, and tissue analysis, using many of the methods detailed in earlier chapters. As with any multiple-author book there is often unevenness between chapters, and in the case of Chapter IV, within a chapter. Furthermore, whenever many authors are writing in a rather narrow subject area, opportunities abound for a certain amount of duplication. Both of these criticisms can be levelled at this book. In addition, there are numerous typographical errors, particularly in the reference sections. Nevertheless, there is so much useful information to be found here that this book is highly recommended for those embarking on the analysis of catecholamines. William C. Purdy Allen J. Bard, Roger Parsons and Joseph Jordan (Eds.), Standard Potentials in Aqueous Solutions. M. Dekker, New York, 1985 (ISBN O-8247-7291-1). xii + 834 pp. Price $29.95 (personal subscription). This book fills one of the greatest needs in chemical data compilation, the assembly in a single book of up-to-date, critically selected values of standard electrode potentials. Such a text has not been available since the last revision of Latimer’s celebrated collection in 1952. After such a long time, the assembly of such data has been an enormous task, but was undertaken by Commissions I.3 (Electrochemistry) and V. 5 (Electroanalytical Chemistry) of IUPAC. The potentials of the half-reactions of all elements are arranged in chapters comprising related elements, with considerable discussion of chemical and electrochemical features included, together with other thermodynamic data (especially AH”, AG” and 3”). These chapters are preceded by introductory material by Prof. R. Parsons, covering symbols, units, conventions, standard state, calculations, a discussion and tabulation of single electrode potentials, and the relationship of electrode potentials to other
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physicochemical properties. The book concludes with an extensive author index. There is no doubt that this is a book of great value to the scientific community, that has been prepared with great care, and is a most worthy successor to Latimer. Alan Townshend
J. C. Giddings, E. Grushka, J. Cazes and P. R. Brown (Eds.), Advances in Chromatography, Vol. 25. M. Dekker, New York, 1986 (ISBN 0-8247-75465). xvii + 391 pp. It is an indication of the dominance of liquid chromatography that all the eight articles in this volume discuss aspects of HPLC and in doing so demonstrate the wide application and interest in this technique from biochemistry to physical chemistry. Tomlinson and Hafkenscheid review the use of HPLC for the estimation of physicochemical properties, with particular emphasis on the prediction of partition coefficients for QSAR studies. The next two chapters concentrate on the methodology of HPLC. Firstly de Galan and Billiet review the use of iterative methods for mobile phase optimization and the criteria used to guide the search. The problems of interfacing FT-IR to HPLC are then reviewed by Griffiths and Conroy, who demonstrate the advantages of methods in which the eluent is eliminated before spectroscopic examination. In an extensive review, Sander and Wise report their investigations into the selectivity of reversed-phase HPLC for the separation of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and examine the relationship between different methods for the preparation of the stationary phase and the separation of closely related hydrocarbons. The remaining four chapters review the application of liquid chromatography to the separation of different groups of analytes. The separation of the oxo-acids of phosphorus is reviewed by Ramsey. Nakano reports the HPLC analysis of the biochemically and pharmacologically important oxypurines and related compounds. Hanai considers advances since 1970 in the separation of carbohydrates, and McCluer, Ullman and Jungalwala survey the separation of glycosphingolipids and phospholipids. Roger M. Smith I. S. Krull (Ed.), Reaction Detection in Liquid Chromatography. Chromatogmphic Science Series Vol. 34. M. Dekker, New York, 1986 (ISBN 0-82477579-1). x + 377 pp. Post-column derivatization by chemical, photochemical or enzymatic means, can provide more selective and sensitive detection for liquid chromatography than is possible with direct detection methods, e.g., refractive index,
Chapter IV on HPLC is so long (180 pp.) that it is divided into seven subsections, each written by different authors. Following an excellent discussion on the fundamentals of HPLC and a brief sub-section on sample handling and preparation for LC and electrochemical assay, there are two sub-sections dealing with the electrochemical detection (EC) of catecholamines and related compounds. The second of these focuses on dual-electrode EC applied to micro-HPLC. Another sub-section is concerned with the assay of enzymes of catecholamine metabolism, using either EC or fluorescence for the determinative step. The last two sub-sections deal with fluorescence detection applied to reverse-phase LC and automated HPLC, respectively. Chapter V deals with radioenzymatic assay of catecholamines, VI with immunoassay, including RIA, of catecholamines, and VII with the RIA of Chromogranin A, the major soluble protein co-stored and co-released with catecholamines from their sympathoadrenal storage vesicles. The final three chapters discuss immunofluorescence assays applied to histochemistry, fluorescence determination of catecholamines, and tissue analysis, using many of the methods detailed in earlier chapters. As with any multiple-author book there is often unevenness between chapters, and in the case of Chapter IV, within a chapter. Furthermore, whenever many authors are writing in a rather narrow subject area, opportunities abound for a certain amount of duplication. Both of these criticisms can be levelled at this book. In addition, there are numerous typographical errors, particularly in the reference sections. Nevertheless, there is so much useful information to be found here that this book is highly recommended for those embarking on the analysis of catecholamines. William C. Purdy Allen J. Bard, Roger Parsons and Joseph Jordan (Eds.), Standard Potentials in Aqueous Solutions. M. Dekker, New York, 1985 (ISBN O-8247-7291-1). xii + 834 pp. Price $29.95 (personal subscription). This book fills one of the greatest needs in chemical data compilation, the assembly in a single book of up-to-date, critically selected values of standard electrode potentials. Such a text has not been available since the last revision of Latimer’s celebrated collection in 1952. After such a long time, the assembly of such data has been an enormous task, but was undertaken by Commissions I.3 (Electrochemistry) and V. 5 (Electroanalytical Chemistry) of IUPAC. The potentials of the half-reactions of all elements are arranged in chapters comprising related elements, with considerable discussion of chemical and electrochemical features included, together with other thermodynamic data (especially AH”, AG” and 3”). These chapters are preceded by introductory material by Prof. R. Parsons, covering symbols, units, conventions, standard state, calculations, a discussion and tabulation of single electrode potentials, and the relationship of electrode potentials to other
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physicochemical properties. The book concludes with an extensive author index. There is no doubt that this is a book of great value to the scientific community, that has been prepared with great care, and is a most worthy successor to Latimer. Alan Townshend
J. C. Giddings, E. Grushka, J. Cazes and P. R. Brown (Eds.), Advances in Chromatography, Vol. 25. M. Dekker, New York, 1986 (ISBN 0-8247-75465). xvii + 391 pp. It is an indication of the dominance of liquid chromatography that all the eight articles in this volume discuss aspects of HPLC and in doing so demonstrate the wide application and interest in this technique from biochemistry to physical chemistry. Tomlinson and Hafkenscheid review the use of HPLC for the estimation of physicochemical properties, with particular emphasis on the prediction of partition coefficients for QSAR studies. The next two chapters concentrate on the methodology of HPLC. Firstly de Galan and Billiet review the use of iterative methods for mobile phase optimization and the criteria used to guide the search. The problems of interfacing FT-IR to HPLC are then reviewed by Griffiths and Conroy, who demonstrate the advantages of methods in which the eluent is eliminated before spectroscopic examination. In an extensive review, Sander and Wise report their investigations into the selectivity of reversed-phase HPLC for the separation of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and examine the relationship between different methods for the preparation of the stationary phase and the separation of closely related hydrocarbons. The remaining four chapters review the application of liquid chromatography to the separation of different groups of analytes. The separation of the oxo-acids of phosphorus is reviewed by Ramsey. Nakano reports the HPLC analysis of the biochemically and pharmacologically important oxypurines and related compounds. Hanai considers advances since 1970 in the separation of carbohydrates, and McCluer, Ullman and Jungalwala survey the separation of glycosphingolipids and phospholipids. Roger M. Smith I. S. Krull (Ed.), Reaction Detection in Liquid Chromatography. Chromatogmphic Science Series Vol. 34. M. Dekker, New York, 1986 (ISBN 0-82477579-1). x + 377 pp. Post-column derivatization by chemical, photochemical or enzymatic means, can provide more selective and sensitive detection for liquid chromatography than is possible with direct detection methods, e.g., refractive index,